Veteran's Day

World War I (1917-1918)
You Know Me Al, Ring Laudner (1916)
Treat 'em Rough, Ring Laudner (1918)

World War II (1942-1945)
Keystone Kids, John Tunis (1943)
Rookie of the Year, John Tunis (1944)
The Kid Comes Back, John Tunis (1946)
Soldier at Bat, Jackson Scholtz (1942)

Korea (1950-1953) The Long Discovery, John Burgan (1950)
Behold, Thy Brother, Murrell Edmunds (1950)
College Slugger, Ed Fitzgerald (1950)
The Sunlit Field, Lucy Kennedy (1950)
Bonus Rookie, Frank O'Rourke (1950)
High, Inside!, R.G. Emery
The Big Out, Arnold Hano (1951)
Yankee Rookie, Ed Fitzgerald (1952)
The Natural, Bernard Malamud (1952)
Never Come Back, Frank O'Rourke (1952)
Nine Good Men, Frank O'Rourke (1952)
The Southpaw, Mark Harris (1953)
The Catcher and the Manager, Frank O'Rourke (1953)
The Hard Way, Jack Weeks (1953)

Viet Nam (1961-1975)
The Orange Air, Roy Doliner (1961)
Squeeze Play, John Balmer (1961)
A Pennant for the Kremlin, Roy Molloy (1964)
Baseball's Darkest Days, Kenneth L. Grantham (1965)
Today's Games, Martin Quigley (1965)
Voices of a Summer Day, Irwin Shaw (1965)
Letters from Lefty, Mickey Herskowitz (1966)
The Bedfellows, Eliot Asinov (1967)
From Brooklyn With Love, Gerald Green (1967)
The Chosen, Chaim Potok (1967)
The Universal Baseball Association, Robert Coover (1968)
The Last Man is Out, Marvin Karlins (1969)
Superbaby, Felix Mendelson (1969)
Runner Mack, Barry Beckham (1972)
Sam's Legacy, Jay Neugeboren (1973)
The Bingo Long Travelling All-Stars and Motor Kings, William Brashler (1973)
A Great Day for a Ball Game, Fielding Dawson (1973)
Babe Ruth Caught in a Snowstorm, John Alexandder Graham (1973)
Wild Pitch, A.B. Guthrie (1973)
A Grand Slam, Ray Puechner (1973)
The Great American Novel, Philip Roth (1973)
The Devil to Play, Leonard Holton (1974)
Flawless Play Restored, Gilbert Sorrentino (1974)
All G.O.D.'s Children, John Craig (1975)
The Sensation, Norman Keifetz (1975)
Mortal Stakes, Robert B. Parker (1975)

Iraq / Afganistan (2003-present)
Screwball, David Ferrell (2003)
Coyote Moon, John A. Miller (2003)
The Spring Habit, David Hanson (2004)
Waiting for Teddy Williams, Howard Frank Mosher (2004)
Jumpin' Jimminy, Richard Skole (2004)
King of Diamonds, Don Strachan (2004)
Double Play, Robert D. Parker (2005)
Trolley Dodgers, Jeff Stanger (2005)
Suitcase Sefton and the American Dream, Jay Fedlman (2006)
Heat, Mike Lupica (2006)
Miko Kings, Leanne Howe (2007)
The End of Baseball, Peter Shilling (2008)
Dirty Water, A Red Sox Mystery, Mary-Anne Smith (2008)
The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa (2009)
Change Up, John Feinstein (2009)
Home, Away, Jeff Gillenkirk (2010)
The Man with Two Arms, Billy Lombardo (2010)
Blockade Billy, Stephen King (2010)
Diamond Ruby, Joseph Wallace (2011)


(Not a complete lineup of novels written during war time, but a pretty good representation. Salutes to both real veterans, fictional veterans and veteran novelists.)